Yearly Archives: 2015


Oakland Makes ‘100 Safest Cities in America Report’

What? 19 New Jersey Cities Make ‘100 Safest Cities in America Report’ Including Oakland and Wyckoff! Where? http://www.safewise.com/safest-cities-america When? On April 27th, SafeWise released the 100 Safest Cities in America report. New Jersey had the most cities rank followed by Pennsylvania with 16 cities. How? SafeWise combined data from recent […]


Budget Passes, BOE Incumbents Win

The Board of Education Budget Proposition passed 469 Yes  197 No: Resolved, that there should be raised for General Finds $27,074,293 for the ensuing School Year (2015-2016). Incumbents Akovity and Cooper retain their seats for a three year term.  The unofficial results for the 2 positions: Lisa Cooper – 454 […]


Oakland actor Connor Kikot in “True Story”

Oakland actor Connor Kikot is on the big screen beginning this week playing the son, Zachary Longo, of Christian Longo who is portrayed by James Franco in the new thriller “True Story”. This is Connor’s first appearance in a film and it was a great experience for him, (SPOILER ALERT) […]


Board of Ed Election and Budget Vote TODAY

The Oakland Board of Education Election and Budget Vote is today, April 21st. Polls open from 2pm-9pm. The Candidates for the 2 open seats are (in alphabetical order) Robert Akovity Lisa Cooper Francesco Spinella Vivian King The Budget Proposition is: Resolved, that there should be raised for General Finds $27,074,293 […]


On the Job – April 20, 2015

APRIL 13: Officer Thomas Pianettini investigated a complaint of fraud at local business. Approximately $6000 had been fraudulently withdrawn from the restaurant after someone repeatedly hacked into the credit card machines computer. Report taken and forwarded to the detective bureau. APRIL 14: While on patrol, Officer Bryan Rowin located a […]